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UK - James Purnell, secretary of state for Work and Pensions, is planning to commission formal research to assess the impact of more member nominated trustees (MNTs).

US - The under funding of Kentucky's public pension system should immediately start to ease after the state governor signed a reform bill last week.

CHINA - The National Council for Social Security Funds (SSF) has selected five MSCI Barra international equity indices to benchmark its externally managed funds.

INVESTORS will have more choice from October following changes to pensions rules allowing protected rights to be held in self-invested personal pensions, the government announced.

AN amendment to the Pensions Bill allowing risk-sharing schemes is the government's "last chance" to boost workplace pensions, the Association of Consulting Actuaries says.

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Professional Pensions has launched its latest Pensions Review panel debate.

PAN Governance has hired Tony Earnshaw as a board member in a bid to boost its independent trusteeship and governance services.

SCHEMES selecting a conservative investment allocation strategy could take 16 years longer to reach a well funded position, Association of British Insurers research shows.

UNIONS are set to step up their campaign to make sure trustee boards are made up of at least 50pc member nominated trustees, the Trades Union Congress says.